Message-ID: from Rod contained the
following:

It's a pretty straightforward replace cable job but I don't want to ham
fistedly make matters worse.

I would do one of three things:

If they are not very old, take them back and ask for replacement. If you
don't consider this reasonable or the supplier won't play, tough.

18 months. Wouldn'tcha kno it?

Buy some new ones.

Umm (checks pocket) no I don't have a spare 100 quid at the mo.

Persuade her that straight hair is so last year.

She's 15 and so knows it all. I can't persuade her of anything.

Then:

Throw the old ones away (appropriately).

If you search around, you will find that many adverts state "new, more
durable cable" and such like. This is because some models were fitted
with crap cables. This has been the subject of several "investigations"
(maybe Watchdog, maybe magazines/newspapers, maybe even official bodies).

I'd very much like to fit the new more durable cable.

I would not risk fitting an inappropriate cable or missing an important
aspect of the fitting or a replacement part or whatever in something
that is already inherently at the fragile end of the scale.

Well, that was the whole point of asking for advice. I really don't
imagine it can be that hard! Fair enough, if it were connections to the
plates, I imagine this needs high melting point solder etc etc. But a
cable, is a cable.

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Regards,

Geoff Berrow